OSHA Inspection: EPIC MANAGEMENT, INC.

Issued

2021-08-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5266.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use  respirators, before the employees were required to use a 3M 6001 half-face elastomeric respirator in the workplace  (Construction Reference 1926.103):  a) Job site at 202 Union Ave., Paterson, NJ: A medical evaluation was not provided for the employee who was required to use a 3M 6001 half-face elastomeric respirator at the workplace, on or about 03/30/2021.

Issued

2021-08-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT)(Construction Reference 1926.103):   a) Job site at 202 Union Ave., Paterson, NJ: An employee was exposed to respiratory system irritation from hazardous chemicals, including, but not limited to, cement powder, while he used a non-fit-tested 3M half-face respirator during the cement mortar preparation in a cement mixer and when the respirator usage was mandatory, on or about 03/30/2021.

Issued

2021-08-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of how improper fit could compromise the protective effect of the respirator:  a) Job site at 202 Union Ave., Paterson, NJ: Employer did not ensure that employee could demonstrate knowledge of how improper fit could compromise the protective effect of the respirator. The employer required the employee to wear 3M half-face respirator to protect against cement powder during the cement mortar preparation in a cement mixer, on or about 03/30/2021.

Issued

2021-08-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(vi): The employer did not ensure that each user could demonstrate knowledge of recognizing medical signs and symptoms that could limit or prevent the effectiveness of the respirator:   a) Job site at 202 Union Ave., Paterson, NJ: The employer did not ensure that an employee could demonstrate knowledge of recognizing medical signs and symptoms that could limit or prevent the effectiveness of the respirators. The employer required the employee to wear 3M half-face respirator to protect against cement powder during the cement mortar preparation in a cement mixer, on or about 03/30/2021.

Issued

2021-08-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12288.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employees were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 50 ppm:  a) Job site at 202 Union Ave., Paterson, NJ: Employee was operating a gasoline powered cement mixer inside a room in a building under construction.  The employee's carbon monoxide exposure level was determined to be 103.1 ppm as an 8-Hour Time Weighted Average (TWA),  about two times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ppm, on or about 03/30/2021.